Lewis Hamilton is in the best position he could hope for to get his hands on the world championship title after a brilliant high pressure pole lap at the Chinese GP.
He claimed P1 in China with another last gasp lap in the closing seconds of qualifying, with a stunning performance that put Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen back into second spot.
Yet after last weekend’s dice with Kimi, Hamilton would doubtless rather it was his team mate Heikki Kovalainen sitting beside him on the grid, but unfortunately that dream fell apart right at the end for Heikki with a small mistake that cost him valuable time, leaving him down in 5th.
And in fact, Lewis is surrounded by unfriendly faces, with his title rival Felipe Massa in 3rd and Renault’s Fernando Alonso – who earlier in the week said he’d do all he could to help Massa take the crown – in 4th spot.
It’s sure to be a tense scramble off of the line tomorrow, and it’s all lining up to be a proper cracker of a race.
And if positions stay as they are now by the time the chequered flag falls, it will be right down to the wire in Brazil for the world championship crown.
Britain holds its breath…
(If you’re a Hamilton fan anyway, if not you’ll probably be breathing quite regularly.)
Let us know what you think.
great performance by hamilton
two ferraris one two proves their ability
it is going to be tough tomorrow
finally a great race
and lets just hope hamilton does not screw someones race again tomorrow
why o why
I fear Raikonnen could slightly on purpose touch Hamilton’s Mc Laren… but it could be worse, imagine instead of Raikonnen in Ferrari a man called Montoya.
I think if Hekki tried a kamikaze into Massa on the 1st corner it maybe t obvious. Unless its raining and he just slides up the back and blame the brakes or his breaking points
He is in a good position to get the championship, but he has no-one to help him until Hekki down in 5th.
I cant wait for the first conrner.
Now that Hamilton on pole, I really hope that there will be no drama in first corner..
i hope there is drama between Kimi, Massa and Hamilton at turn 1, with Kubica winning the race, massa with 3 points and Kimi with 6, just so the title race heats up for the last round, make it exciting and let Kubica win it, followed by Massa and Kimi.
All this hype and sensationalist tabloid stuff can’t hide the fact that all four drivers for the top two teams have displayed very sporadic and ultimately dispointing performances this year,proving beyond doubt that it is all about the cars, thus helping to highlight the superlative efforts of drivers in lesser cars: Vettel,Kubica,Alonso,Gloc k etc. I don’t want Massa to win the championship and I want Hamilton to win it even less but one or the other will – I will just forget 2008 and look forward to 2009!
I think Ferrari fueled Raikkonen light to get him on pole which makes Lewis’s lap look even better if i’m correct.
If Raikkonen is light he’ll probably get ahead off the start anyway, just have to hope Lewis lets him go this time.
i hope lewis would crush or would not finish the race with massa winning and kimi in second place. lewis hamilton just sucks! with his attitude on the track, he just don’t deserve to be a world champion. and i hope lewis hamilton would be able to read this..!!
lewissucks your clearly an uneducated retard.
For all his flaws and mistakes, Hamilton has made formula one exciting again. How many years of Schumacher winning and not a whole lot else happening did we have? F1 has been dull and boring for most of this decade.
Hamilton of course cannot take full credit for it, but he has been a key factor.
This is the first time in years that the championship has been fought out between 2 inexperienced drivers. Thats Hamilton’s flaw, if you can call it one, he has the talent and he’ll soon get the experience.
Massa has been a Coulthard all his life in formula 1 up until this year, he’s experienced in driving a formula 1 car, just not in racing one, and it shows just like lewis.
Lets hope Hamilton brakes for the first corner this time. I’d like to see Raikkonen give him a taste of his own medicine and brake late, leaving Hamilton no room to turn and end in the gravel. Then Massa proceeds to take the championship because he is not a hotheaded arrogant bastard.
Raikkonen for the win!!!
And Massa for the championship!
Hamilton might struggle. I’ve a feeling Raikkonen isn’t fuelled as lightly as some people seem to think, its not the way he likes to do things and it would have made much more sense to stick Massa on pole anyway. Heikki’s not going to be near so Hamiltons got three guys gunning for him who’ll be hot on his tail into the first corner. I’d still love Kubica to win the championship, Massa and Hamilton have made far too many errors for my liking. Massa’s also been a bit unlucky with reliability and ofcourse his cock ups in the first two races.
Light fueling Massa to get him on pole makes no sense because its a very risky strategy that rarely works in favour of the driver.
With Kimi out of title contention it makes sense to light fuel him to get pole so he can control the race pace and help keep Hamilton at bay.
Thats my theory anyway.
i have a feeling Hamilton will screw up..
I’d hate to be Lewis Hamilton today. Both the Ferraris, and Alonso with his personal vendetta, are right behind. Better get that thing off the line better than last week, mate.
To be honest both Hamilton & Massa deserve the title, but it can only be one. I’d like to see Hamilton win it because he, to a certain extent has done it against most people’s best wishes. He has lit up F1 these last two seasons and is the most deserving driver. Alonso will be back next year though
i can only imagine how stressful it must be to be Ron Dennis right now lol. It’s his duty to tell lewis to calm down and make sure he finishes ahead of massa.
…but we all know he won’t, he’ll drive absolutely on his limit for the whole race, and quite possibly lose championship points because of it.
and THAT’S why i love him!
I hope Lewis makes us laugh like last year and crash into the pit entrance xDD
what i like to see tomorrow
1 vettel
2 rosberg
3 kovalinen
4 webber
5 kubica
6 alonso
7 bourdais
8 sutil(what a pride)
may the 2 ferrari and hamilton crash at the first corner.(hamilton will then get a 1 million pound penalty).
what a fun race will it be
forza ferrai!!
ferrari!!
Hope they do a fair race and don´t screw it up for eachother, let the best driver win!
Alonso will probably just try to follow Raikonnen around turns 1 &2, before trying to overtake on turn 3. Massa will follow Hamilton, but will get squeezed putting him behind kovelinen. then it will be Alonso and Hamilton at the front- imagine the side by side through turns 1&2, especially in the rain…
I think hamilton has learn from last week and will get away quickly and round the corner quickly.
I JUST THINK NEITHER OF THEM DESERVE A WIN.WITH SO MUCH MISTAKES AND SCREWUPS THIS SHOWS ITS THE CARS WHO R DOING ALL THE REAL SHOW.AND THE MOST IDOTIC TEAM IS NO WONDER THAN BMW.
Let’s just hope Lewis plays fair this time and doesn’t try to run Massa of the track.
Lewis is good, hence his lead in the CC but he needs to recognise another’s superiority and not be a bad looser….
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ALL THE WAY !!!
I hope after this race both Massa and Hamilton end up on equal points, making the final race spectacular. Hopefully massa will win the championship in his own country!!!
CALLING HIMSELF LIKE SENNA AND ALL THAT CRAP HE IS ONLY DOING HIS SECOND SEASON AND BEYOND THAT WHAT U PEOPLE SAY HE IS A GOOD DRIVER AND CAN PUSH A CAR 2 ITS LIMIT BUT WITH NO RESPECT FOR THE SPORT AND OTHER DRIVERS HE IS GOING NOWHERE NO MATTER IF HE WINS THE CAMPIONSHIP.UNLESS HE CHANGES HIS BIG ATTITUDE NO ONE IS GOING REALLY APPRECIATE HIS DRIVING NO MATTER WHAT.
AND HE HAS GOT THE BEST CAR THAT THERE IS IN HIS FIRST SEASON ITSELF AND GOING 2 WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH SUCH ATTITUDE OTHER DRIVERS R MORE THAN DISAPPOINTED.NIETHER DOES MASSA DESERVE A CHAMPIONSHIP.
I hope Kimi gets his revenge for Fuji :p
Hey ‘Anonymous’ get your balls out.
this sure to be exciting – with 3 “unfriendly” forces lurking behind hami.
my take? there’s bound to be a screw up, and Vettel will take the China grand prix…
Ideal race result:
Kubica 1
Massa 3-4
Hamilton 9+
Then we get the closest possible championship race in Brazil.
Felipe massa FTW!!
If only Williams could build a decent car. Well they couldnt do it with BMW’s cash behind them, what should i expect now? Williams deserve more than that and so does Rosberg.
IMHO, Rosberg >>>> Hamilton.
..Lewis will be WDC and Obama will be POTUS. HORROR!!! WHAT WILL WE DO???!!!!!!!
look at the qual time differences and compare them with what was 8-10 years ago.
many people is complaining of many errors and inconsistent driving but I think it’s because today’s field become VERY tight and they do have to push the cars and themselves to the limits. that means quite often they are finding themselves on the other side of the line.
whatever we may think they (drivers) are only humans.
Ferrari for constructors championship and Hammy for WDC.
I support Lewis, but BMW so deserve to Constructors.
Compared to Ferrari and Mclaren, they dont fuck about.
No silly mistakes, no stupid pitstop lights, and two drivers who drive that car the absolute limit.
Kimi for the win, Massa for the championship…Or Alonso for the win, he’s been strong & I think alot of teams & drivers are underestimating him right now, watch him!
As for Lewis?….Even though I’m a Brit through & through & support EVERYTHING British weither it’s F1, Rally, Boxing etc…(But not football, bunch of pussies) I can’t support Lewis, he’s too full of himself, arrogant little tw*t he is. He’s arrogant now, imagine how much more he’ll be IF he wins the 08 season……
Thinking ahead***
Kimi or Alonso for the 09 season.
“Renault’s Fernando Alonso – who earlier in the week said he’d do all he could to help Massa take the crown”
Speaking of sensationalist writing.
Heres to hoping for a clean race.
my moneys on Massa though.
Hamilton has his work cut out for him tomorrow. Hammy hasn’t abided by that old saying “be careful who you step on on the way up etc” he has four people directly behind him on the grid who wouldn’t mind seeing him spun backwards at the 1st corner and three of them have nothing to lose!
I think Kimi is fuelled as light or lighter than Hamilton and if he gets the jump on Hamilton at the start again then Hamilton will have an impossible race. I think Massa is fuelled slightly heavier but this won’t affect him badly if Kimi is controlling the pace from the front or by slowing Hamilton down by forcing him to drive deffensive.
I hope to see a good clean race tomorrow and at Brazil so we remember this season for the right things.
Can’t wait for 2009 spec cars and Beep coverage!
I wont be surprised if Alonso wins again..
With each win, he looks more like his former self..
Sorry meant Beeb coverage not Beep, doh!
superham said…
All this hype and sensationalist tabloid stuff can’t hide the fact that all four drivers for the top two teams have displayed very sporadic and ultimately dispointing performances this year,proving beyond doubt that it is all about the cars, thus helping to highlight the superlative efforts of drivers in lesser cars: Vettel,Kubica,Alonso,Gloc k etc. I don’t want Massa to win the championship and I want Hamilton to win it even less but one or the other will – I will just forget 2008 and look forward to 2009!
well said!
if there is rain tomorrow, then i suppose we are in for a treat. If it rains in the middle of the race and people are caught out on slicks, then expect spinning, mistakes, a pitlane drama (lewis) and a Jenson win.
alonso is the lowest form of life, but hamilton will probably screw up with out his help. Expect some ’skillful’ overtaking by massa @ the 1st to get past raikonen, who misteriously runs a ferrari width wide. hamilton must not go crazy, even if he is behind massa. he can overtake massa so long as he keeps up because massa is a worse driver then me. and im 15.
I hope massa crashes and dies. And Kubica wins the championship.
Hamilton doesnt deserve that mclaren seat! he is a danger to everyone else and vettel or rosberg or someone could be just as fast and not be such a selfish idiot behind the wheel!
MASSA ALL THE WAY!
I think that there is more to hamilton’s speed than fuel. Three tenths is alot. he could be going 6 laps earler with that gap. Mcmerc are fast around here, especially a certain Lewis Hamilton, who, if he keeps his cool, and stays ahead of massa amongst all the incidents in the race (and there will be a few like always), will stand himself in good stead for the championship. from a neutral point of view (im trying my best) expect fireworks into turn 1, possibly one up hamilton’s arse by one of the three amigos behind and then the rest should be frantic, especially if it rains. so it should be a good race and worth getting up early (if you live in GB) to watch.
If Massa wins the title it will be because of the FIA gifting him points; he should be about 20 or so behind Lewis at the moment. It should be a good race though!
It will be a great relief when Lewis wins the Championship. Im not saying all this because i am particularly fond of Mr. Lewis. You see, I liked him, alot, then I came to London!! Could the English give us a break? Its Lewis this, and that..The main reason why Brit sportsmen,women and teams fail is the absurd media attention and public pressure they get. He has enough pressure as it is, he does not need that from the public. Do not get me wrong, the boy is a fantastic driver…fantastic! but we could use analysis on other drivers..the likes of Kubica..brilliant driver, championship contender in my books.
I wish LEWIS the best, but I wont be surprised if the pressure tells and he messes it up..I hope I am wrong, but something tells me i wont!
this bloke is a dam right cock the money and fame has gone to his head